Q-Are there any publications that list old books and their values and where old books can be found? Also, where can I find book collectors or buyers?

A-``Huxford`s Old Book Value Guide`` tells how to evaluate the condition of old books found among family possessions and at book sales; the book is $21.95 postpaid from Collector Books, Box 3009, Paducah, Ky. 42002-3009.

To find books, check out the 34th Annual Brandeis Used Book Sale from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. next Sunday in the parking lot of Old Orchard Center, Golf Road and Skokie Boulevard, Skokie.

More than 500,000 used books will be offered.

Admission is free.

Q-Where can I find early woodenware such as burl bowls, scoops, trenchers, etc.?

A-Woodenware can be found at the Heritage Festival Antique Show and Sale, featuring 35 dealers from Illinois and surrounding states offering fine antiques and primitives, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 27 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 28 at Elgin Academy, 350 Park St., Elgin (phone 708-742-4248).

Admission is $5.

Choice burl woodenware from the 18th Century can be found in the House of Axtell`s 40-page catalog of 18th and 19th Century folk art, decorative arts and accessories; the catalog is $9 postpaid from Axtell Antiques, 1 River St, Deposit, N.Y. 13754 (phone 607-467-2353).

Q-Where can I buy a 1930s telephone with a certain design?

A-Send a description of the phone to Richard and Judi Marsh, in care of the Chicago Old Telephone Co., Box 189, Lemon Springs, N.C. 28355-0189 (phone 919-774-6625), or write to request an Old Telephones Catalog.